tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post1353451273374758023..comments2023-11-16T05:28:12.324-05:00Comments on _It Don't Make Sense_: Guns And Crime, Part IIsig94http://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-40168137729607024922011-02-17T17:15:00.494-05:002011-02-17T17:15:00.494-05:00Toast - that's the next installment due out to...Toast - that's the next installment due out tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up, I'll update it.sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-37982935828611596782011-02-17T17:06:28.007-05:002011-02-17T17:06:28.007-05:00Nickie - In California, the only people who seem t...Nickie - In California, the only people who seem to have no problem getting the firearm of their choice are criminals and illegals (not that there's much of a difference).<br /><br />Any day I expect DEA Huey gunships to start spraying Agent Orange throughout the state. I hear it smells similar to victory with a hint of bacon.sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-17225754238888435652011-02-17T16:59:20.380-05:002011-02-17T16:59:20.380-05:00LL - It's the "greasing palms" solut...LL - It's the "greasing palms" solution to gun control. Again, how easy is it to legally purchase a gun if there is only one store to service over 100,000,000 people? From the NPR of all places:<br /><br /><i>"Mexican Army Lt. Col. Raul Manzano Velez runs the shop. He explains that ordinary citizens can buy only one handgun. It must stay inside the home where it's registered and it can't be larger than a .38 special.<br /><br />"They can buy a .22-caliber pistol or revolver up to a .38 special," he says. "It's very limited in Mexico the models available in these calibers."<br /><br />Hunting and sport rifles can be transported, but they are also heavily regulated.<br /><br />Javier Manuel Irineo, who is looking through the cabinet glass at some .22-caliber rifles, is a fairly typical customer. He is a farmer and wants a gun to protect his fields.<br /><br />"I want something to shoot the animals that have been eating my corn," he says.<br /><br />He says he thinks the regulations in Mexico are reasonable. <br /><br />To buy a gun in Mexico you first have to fill out some forms. Then your employer has to fill out some forms. And all these forms have to get sent to the army, which decides whether you are eligible to have a gun. <br /><br />Manzano says if there are no problems, an application can be processed in about a week. But to pick up the firearm, the buyer has to come to this shop in the capital.<br /><br />"At the moment they come into the shop we take their fingerprints and enter all their information into an electronic database," he says.<br /><br />Even someone near the U.S. border would have to travel here in person to legally buy a weapon. From Tijuana that would be a two-day bus trip — in each direction.<br /><br />Manzano says only 7,000 to 8,000 weapons are sold legally in Mexico each year and that includes sales to private security firms."</i>sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-61271388358185673742011-02-17T15:54:20.133-05:002011-02-17T15:54:20.133-05:00I am not sure if the Goomba Nation is aware of thi...I am not sure if the Goomba Nation is aware of this story...<br /><br />http://greenmnts.blogspot.com/2011/02/leahys-response-on-gunwalker-scandel.html<br /><br />Follow the links to the patriots who have blown this story wide open. Pass the word and rally the troops.<br /><br />The truth is out there. And it is ugly...Toaster 802https://www.blogger.com/profile/17034456844621365910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-89602836999707007262011-02-17T13:32:04.152-05:002011-02-17T13:32:04.152-05:00Our small rural community (and its healthy pot-gro...Our small rural community (and its healthy pot-growing subculture) seems to have easy access to every level of illegal firearms. But I am excluded from all manner of practical self-defense handguns thanks to California's arbitrary list of approved firearms.<br /><br />Guess which route I'll follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-53544365832119643272011-02-17T10:52:24.402-05:002011-02-17T10:52:24.402-05:00As one who spends time in Mexico:
Bolt and lever ...As one who spends time in Mexico:<br /><br />Bolt and lever action rifle permits are very easy to obtain and as stated, pistol calibers .38 and under are easily permitted. Anything over .38 (traditionally .45) was considered to be a military weapon so was difficult to be permitted. It's not all that difficult to obtain a legal permit for a .45 these days - though most criminals don't get a permit. The same is true for automatic weapons.<br /><br />A lot of the 'US Weapons' come from the arsenals of third world countries -- where the narcos simply bought them. So they were sold from the US lawfully with end-user certificates that were violated by the purchasing countries.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com